Envelope



Sept. 28 1926.

E. G. OVERLY ENVELOPE Filed Sept. 18.

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Patented Sept. A28, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Emana G. ovEaLY, or GREENSBURG, PENITSYLVANIA.4

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Application led September stood that the invention is not so limited y`in` its application, being in fact capable of use for many other Ipurposes.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide an ordinary envelope with means adapted to hold a card smaller than the envelope itself in a predetermined position, so that an address on one face of the card will register with an opening in the face of the envelope.

Various other features and objects of the invention will be apparent'from the follow.

ing description of a preferred form of embod'iment thereof, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichy Figure 1 is an elevation of a unitary sheet which may be folded to provide an envelope embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 shows a rearelevat'ion of the sheet of Figure 1 folded to form the envelop?,

igure 3 illustrates an envelope, in rear elevation, similar to the one 'in F1 re 2 except that it is adapted for first c ass mail;

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of a sealed ent velope of the present invention, showing the postal inspection flap pulled out.

The unitary sheet shown in Figure 1 is a standard envelope blank having a portion 2 for the face, side flaps 3 and 4, bottom flap 5, land seal iap' 6 integral therewith. The .face portion 2 is' provided with a window or address opening 7, so that printed matter or an address on a card within the envelope is visible.

In or'der to adapt a standard size envelope to'contain cards and the like smaller than itself, stri 9.of adhesive material positioned at vsu stantially `right an les to each other and to their respective e ges of the envelope are provided, so that the bottom flap 5 and the side flap 4 of the envelope will adhere to thel said strips and form a small pocket 14. The completed envelope is shown in Figure 2 ready for use.v

In the event that the envelope is to be 18, 1924. Serial No. 738,385.

used for second class mail with a one cent postage, ap 3 is not sealed, but is free to be pulled out for postal inspection, as shown in Figure 4. Of course, thev inspection flap is always on the same side of the envelope as the pocket 14. The appearance ofVY an envelope for first "class mail" may be seen in Figure 3, in which the entire seal Hap is covered with adhesive ma terial.

The manner of use of the present invention will be readily understood. A card such as an automobile license card, bearin an address on one of its faces, is inserte in' the pocket 14 of the envelope, so that the address registers with the window or opening 7 in the facel of the envelope. In order to hold the card in its proper position with respect to the window, the afore-mentioned strips 9 are provided.

The importance of the present invention maybe appreciated from the fact that the post office authorities are opposed to the use Vof envelopes of small size on account of the inconvenience in handling withq lar er mail. This difficulty is entirely overcome y mailing small cards in embodiments of the present invention.

Itwill be understood that many changes and modifications may be made in the form of embodiment of the invention, within the scope of the following claims, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. An envelope having a front anda back, the vfront having a window to show the address on an enclosure of substantially smaller size than the envelope, said front and back being connected to each other at vtwo points to form stops for two sides of the enclosure whereby the address portion of the enclosure is held in proper relation to the window and whereby the -side and end portions of the envelope beyond the stops form extensions for the mere purpose of giving the envelope an enlarged appearance.

2. In an envelope a mam body portion forming the front, end, bottom and top iiaps forming the back, a window in the front to show the address written on the loof enclosure in the envelope, ladhesive securing the bottom flap and one of the end flaps to -the front to 4form stops for two sides of the enclosure to hold the 'address portion thereof in proper relation to the Window, the other end flap being underlapped but left unsecured, and adhesive on the top for sealing the top flap t0 the connected end and bottom flaps, the other end Yflap being left free to permit inspection of the enclosure by 10 ELMER G. OVERLY. 

